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Director of Music Recruitment Pack and Further Information DEAN DC CLOSE CHELTENHAM SENIOR S CHOOL DEAN DC CLOSE CHELTENHAM SENIOR S CHOOL Contents 1. Welcome from the Headmaster 2. The School 3. The Foundation 4. The Aims 5. Organisation Chart 6. Job Description 7. Location Welcome from the Headmaster Dean Close School is fortunate in so many ways. Its Dean Close’s Christian ethos informs much of what we do Cheltenham location places the School at the heart of a and reminds us of the intrinsic value of each individual and our beautiful town that is focused on learning and music through commitment to help them to flourish. This commitment has its great schools, festivals and accessibility to Birmingham, been at the heart of Helen Porter’s outstanding leadership of Bristol and Oxford. Situated on the edge of the Cotswolds, the Music Department. As Helen retires after 32 years at the just 5 minutes walk from the mainline railway station and 7 School, she leaves behind a community that is musically alive, minutes to the motorway, Dean Close is a great place to live a team of inspirational colleagues and an enviable local and and work. regional reputation for excellent musicianship. The School’s founders and successors have provided an Thank you for taking the time to look at this exciting role at outstanding site for a centre of education. With huge green Dean Close. I hope that your investigations leave you with a spaces and incredible facilities all located on 54 acres of strong sense of a school that is committed to the arts not only central Cheltenham, the diverse community of day pupils, for its own sake, but for society as a whole. Dean Close flexi-boarders and full boarders have an excellent environment School is in a great place right now but it is the next stage that in which to learn and an inspiring place for teachers to teach. is most exciting. The one word that comes up time again in pupil, parent and staff questionnaires when asked about Dean Close is Bradley Salisbury ‘community’. This sense of community comes from the Headmaster of Dean Close School tradition of the school to support and take an interest in others. This is seen everywhere, from the large audiences that are attracted to concerts and plays or the one-to-one conversations between teachers and pupils, the relationships between year groups or the strong bonds that exist between colleagues. The School Dean Close Senior School is a flourishing co ‑educational day A £3m sports hall providing state-of-the-art facilities was and boarding school for pupils aged 13 ‑18 years, located on officially opened by Sir Geoff Hurst in 2007. The building the largest private land area in Cheltenham. It offers strong accommodates basketball, football, hockey, badminton, academics, extensive opportunities in all creative arts and tennis, volleyball, netball and cricket, enhancing wet weather sport with a national reputation in hockey, drama and programming and allowing a broader range of coaching equestrianism. A Dean Close education aims not only to techniques. A fitness suite fitted with hi-tech training get the best out of pupils academically, but to broaden the equipment and weights, dance/aerobics studio, seminar horizons of each and every one through an array of room, a viewing gallery also feature. Other excellent facilities exceptional facilities, as well as dozens of clubs and societies. for sport include two floodlit water based astro turfs, a 25m As a school with a strong Christian ethos, pastoral care is indoor pool, tennis courts, athletics field including throwing paramount, and each member of the community is cage, squash courts, rifle range and climbing wall. encouraged, through the house and tutor systems, to realise An exceptional two-storey Art School provides a versatile, their greatest potential. spacious and creative environment. The entrance opens into the BonBernard Gallery, a light, lofty space that hosts a broad range of both pupil and visiting exhibitions. The facility also boasts excellent studio spaces for specialist work in 2 and 3 dimensions, with individually allocated work areas for Sixth Form pupils. As a specialist facility, the Music School has been able to accommodate every amenity from a hi-tech recording studio to an elegant concert hall. Almost half the members of School play a musical instrument with over 300 music lessons taking place each week. An extensive number of vocal, chamber and orchestral groups exist, including Orchestra, Sinfonia, Choral Society, Chapel Choir, Concert Band, Jazz Band and The School has a sympathetic blend of grand Victorian Chamber Choir, as well as numerous chamber ensembles and buildings and modern purpose-built facilities across its rock bands. The internationally renowned Carducci Quartet substantial 50 acre site. It is within walking distance of the leads the Strings Department. centre of Cheltenham, an attractive and expanding town, but is close to motorway links and open countryside. This is an One of the School’s newest facilities is a fully kitted out exciting time to join the School as plans begin for some major professional kitchen which accommodates a wide range of building works and renovations. co-curricular cooking activities at each age level, as well as delivering the new GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition The School’s ethos underpins all its activities and its course and the Leiths Certificate in Food and Wine. commitment to service, including an extensive Community Action programme. There is a strong sense of community and staff and pupils alike are friendly and supportive. There is a well-developed and effective pastoral system based on the belief that each individual is equally valuable. With almost 500 pupils, the School is small enough to allow everyone to know one another, feel valued and get fully involved, yet large enough to have an extremely strong boarding community and provide a fantastic all-round experience for every pupil. The Foundation The Aims In 2015 Dean Close became a Foundation, with four schools Dean Close welcomes pupils with a broad range of abilities, and three nurseries within the group, and a Warden appointed aiming to give each and every one a well-rounded education, to head the Foundation. Dean Close Senior School, Prep blending good academic performance with real achievement School and Pre-Prep reside on one site in Cheltenham, with in their individually-discovered talents. It encourages St John’s on-the-Hill Prep School, Hedgehogs and Robins independent thinking and the self-confidence to challenge nurseries in Chepstow, and Teddies Nursery in Newport. the status quo. There is also a strong and growing commercial arm, Dean Close Services, which is making a significant financial The School seeks to treat every member of its family as contribution to the group. unique and equally valuable. With its Christian Foundation, it aims to uphold the Christian faith as a positive influence for all, including those who do not share this faith, welcoming families from all denominations and none. The ethos challenges selfishness and holds community, respect for others, relationship and service at the heart of the School. The Headmaster, Bradley Salisbury, is passionate educationalist who believes that schools exist to prepare pupils for their best days to come, as leaders, as employees, as spouses, as parents and as neighbours. This is achieved by providing the right level of obstacle for each individual, obstacles that inspire them to reach higher and to develop their character. School should not just be about making life easy, but about providing the right balance of success and failure to help individuals to flourish. Dean Close Senior School Organisation Chart Board DEAN of Trustees DC CLOSE FOUNDATION The Warden Warden & CEO Ms Emma Taylor MA (Oxon) Emma Taylor Bursar Mr A P Bowcher, MBA, FCIB, DipFS The Board of Trustees Mrs S Bullingham, MSc, BSc Headmaster Mrs Kathryn Carden, MPhil, BA Bradley Salisbury The Revd Richard Coombs, BSc, MA Mrs Helen Daltry, BA Mr Stephen Drew, MA Mr Ian Duffin, FCA, Bcom Mr Richard Harman, MA Mrs Sara Hirst, BEd Deputy Head Mrs Audrey Marsden, MSc, BSc Andrew Hall Mrs Karen Riding, LLB Mr Mark Smith, MA Lt Col Edward Taylor, BA, RA Deputy Head (Academic) DEAN James Hole DC CLOSE CHELTENHAM SENIOR S CHOOL Deputy Head (Pastoral) Senior Leadership Team Jacquie Davis Headmaster: Mr Bradley Salisbury, MEd, PGCE Deputy Head: Director of Mr Andrew Hall, BA (HMS) Admissions Rebecca Chaplin Deputy Head (Academic) Mr James Hole, MA, PGCE Deputy Head (Pastoral): Mrs Jacquie Davis, MA, PGCE Operations Director of Admissions: Bursar Mrs Rebecca Chaplin Stephen Ewence Operations Bursar: Mr Stephen Ewence, NEBOSH DEAN DC CLOSE CHELTENHAM SENIOR S CHOOL Job description for DIRECTOR OF MUSIC The Department Academic Music The Director of Music leads a large team of talented musicians, The academic life of the department continues to thrive with both including: GCSE and A Level candidates being prepared for public examinations. The results are consistently excellent and generally • Full time Teacher of Music and Director of Jazz, Concert factor amongst the top grades achieved by pupils at Dean and Rock bands Close. This has often led to Decanians continuing to study music • Director of Choral Music and Director of Tewkesbury at university. Abbey Schola Cantorum • Carducci Quartet - Quartet in residence and “Head of Facilities Strings” • Head of Brass The Music School includes the Prince Michael Hall, which is a • Music Administrator 120 seater recital hall with a Steinway Model D piano, a collection • Resident organ scholar of individual and group teaching spaces, an IT suite, recording • 20 + visiting instrumental teachers studio, offices and a common room for visiting teachers. Events & Ensembles The Chapel plays a central role in the musical life of the school with services taking place three times a week for the whole Currently, pupils are members of: school.